The big race - a crazy adventure
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The big race - a crazy adventure |
| Original title | The Race |
| Country of production | Ireland |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | André F. Nebe |
| script | Rowan O'Neill |
| production | Michael Garland Martin Hagemann |
| music |
Eike Hosenfeld Moritz Denis Tim Stanzel |
| camera | Dirk Morgenstern |
| cut | Diana Karsten Dirk Schwarz |
| occupation | |
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The big race - a crazy adventure (often just the big race ; original title: The Race ) is a 2009 Irish children's film with Niamh McGirr and Colm Meaney in the lead roles.
action
Eleven year old Mary Kensay is a racing enthusiast and lives with her parents in poor conditions on a farm in Ireland. Against the wishes of her father Frank, she signs up for a soap box race . Only when Frank Kensay has to fear losing his wife, the farm and the love of his daughter does he begin to support Mary in the preparation of the soapbox race. It turns out he was an avid soapbox driver himself in his youth. Working together on the vehicle brings father and daughter closer together and in the end Mary wins the race with her soap box.
publication
The film premiered in Ireland in July 2009 and was shown in German cinemas on October 29, 2009 and in Austrian cinemas on March 19, 2010. It was screened in the United States as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. After its DVD release on June 10, 2010, it ran for the first time on November 17, 2012 in KiKa on free-to-air German television and was repeated there on January 4, 2013. ARD showed the film on May 20, 2013.
Reviews
“Adventurous children's film about a sensitive girl who asserts herself in difficult times of change and painful loss and bravely fights for her dreams and (life) demands. The beautiful fable, which children can plausibly understand, suffers from the somewhat too conservative and predictable external plot. "
“Admittedly, this is not a cinematic masterpiece. Nevertheless, the filmmakers understand how to cast a spell over the power of dreams with this sympathetic and charmingly played story. With the parental quarrel, you may allow yourself a little too much, but still touch. A thrilling everyday story with good actors. "
"Timelessly beautiful"
Web links
- The Great Race - A funky adventure in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The big race at EuroVideo, accessed on November 22, 2012
- ↑ a b TV Spielfilm, issue 24/12, page 48
- ↑ The great race - a crazy adventure. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The big race - a crazy adventure , prisma.de